- only thing that seemed to work even after TMS and other treatments.
- New pathways (SF and San Mateo locations) is really good.
- more and more treatment places opening up in different cities etc.
- uber assist or drive the patient home (full lucidity afterwards but you don’t want to drive).
- long-term benefits aren’t apparent after the first two treatments. After the third it seemed to last for 2-3 days. After the fourth longer.
- it really seems like a ‘break out of depression’ breakthrough treatment. Though no cure all (talk therapy or a good support system is important too).
- ketamine is used for many purposes (anesthesia, etc.). When given for depression it’s given in much low dosages (presumably without harmful liver or kidney side effects).
- usually the patient listens to music with headphones while the infusion is in progress.
- a nurse monitors BP and heart rate etc., but so far there have been no compications other than a nurse who was bad at putting in an IV (once).
- feel very thankful for it.
- I could see it going mainstream in the near future.
Do you have any idea what the dosage is? Is it an immersive 'K-hole' dose where you go deep and become unresponsive for a bit? Or are the infusions smaller doses just meant to build up the anti depressive afterglow effects in the body?
A better "close to k-hole" dose would be 100mg. At least based on our experiences 100mg would get some people in the hole, while it took some others 50mg - 100mg more.
New pathways ketamine treatment center. There’s a handful of other providers in the Bay Area too. Referred by psychiatrist (and internally recommended after TMS didn’t have beneficial effects - works for some though).
And yeah I’m not sure about the dosage. I know it’s much less than ketamine for pain management or for anesthesia. I’ll try to ask next time.
Some other tidbits of information:
- only thing that seemed to work even after TMS and other treatments.
- New pathways (SF and San Mateo locations) is really good.
- more and more treatment places opening up in different cities etc.
- uber assist or drive the patient home (full lucidity afterwards but you don’t want to drive).
- long-term benefits aren’t apparent after the first two treatments. After the third it seemed to last for 2-3 days. After the fourth longer.
- it really seems like a ‘break out of depression’ breakthrough treatment. Though no cure all (talk therapy or a good support system is important too).
- ketamine is used for many purposes (anesthesia, etc.). When given for depression it’s given in much low dosages (presumably without harmful liver or kidney side effects).
- usually the patient listens to music with headphones while the infusion is in progress.
- a nurse monitors BP and heart rate etc., but so far there have been no compications other than a nurse who was bad at putting in an IV (once).
- feel very thankful for it.
- I could see it going mainstream in the near future.